Brush holder



May 21,1935. J. HEIN 0 2,002,202

BRUSH HOLDER Filed Oct. 16-, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 J. H EIN BRUSH HOLDER May 21, 1935.

Fileq Oct. 16, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 |N VENTOR 8125/0 /61 a ATTORNEY Patented May 21, 1935 1. UNITED STATES PATENT- 'OFFICE H 2,002,202. f

I n BRUSH HOLDER; I

- John nein, Ridgewood,N..-Y. Application October 16, Serial No.

ziolaims. (o 1. 248-49) Thisinvention relates to new and useful im provements in brushholders, and more particularly to those customarily used by painters to hold brushes in desired positions in connection with ,5 paintpots, in orderthatthe brushes maybe readilyreached and removed for use; It is not intended, however, to limitthis inventionto its application to paint pots orfor holding .p mt

brushes therein, as it may plainly be used in other relations and for holding the handles of other articles, such. as toothbrushes brooms, or the 1ike,-- .w

this-construction is comparatively simple, the cost of manufacturing the device should be correspondingly low.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, and in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all Views, and in which:-

The Figures 1 and 7 represent paint pots, in vertical section, with the device applied thereto,

and holding a brush.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of my device proper. Figures 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, l0, l1 and 12, represent detail views, while Figure 8 shows a modified construction of a member, constituting an essential element of my said device.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, It) indicates a paint pot, to which my device proper, or brush-holder 1 I, has been attached.

It may in this connection be noted that the said brush-holder is shown in Figure 1 as directly and horizontally connected to a side-wall of the said paint pot, while in Figure '7 the arm for securing the means for clamping the brush or brushes is extended upwardly from the sidewall of the container, to which it is also secured. My device, as shown in the Figures 1 and 2, comprises a bottom-member I2, especially shown in Figure 5, to be clamped to the inner side of the edge of the wall of a paint pot; the said member is formed with a rectangular bend l3 to engage the said edge of the wall. The said member l2 has two cut-out portions I4 and I5 made therein. The said device, as shown in Figure 2, further consists of a top-member I6, especially illustrated in Figure 4, and which has been formed with a rectangular bent end portion I! for engagement with the outer side of the wall of a paint pot; the latter member has further thereina rectangular cut-outportion i8 and an aperture 3.. g a

1 The said members, and 16 are, when clamped on to the wall of a, paint pot, adjustably secured together by -means of a screw 20 engaged by a rt) wing-nut 2|; the adjustment referred to being made possible bythe-correspondingly positioned slots l4 and [8,, The clamping means for securing the brush comprises two fingers 22,, 22, both formed with bent curvatures 23 to secure and hold the handle 24 of the said-brush, The fingers 22 are each formed witha triangular bottom piece 25; the latter overlapping each other, and forming pivotal turning points for the said fingers. These 10 are in turn pivotally secured to the members l2 and I6, and on top of these, by means of a bolt 26, the lower end of which is adapted to slide in and be guided by the slot 15 of the member l2.

The said fingers 22 are brought under tension by a spring 21, shown especially in Figure 12, and which spring has its bent front portion supported by the bolt 26, while the end portions 28 of the said spring are bent upon themselves and pressing against the inner sides of the fingers-22. It is evident that the brush-holding means, or fingers 22, may be turned around the bolt 26 in any direction, as shown by the arrows in Figure 2. In the modification shown in Figure 7, the brush-holding means are constructed, as herein formerly described, operating in the same manner. However, the outer. member of the latter, formerly described and indicated by l6, and which in the present, modification in Figure 8 has been shown and denoted in this connection 29, is of a 35 rather straight elongated shape, with a curvature 30 formed near its lower end for engagement with r the edge portion of thewall of a paint pot, and

having longitudinal slots 3| formed in its body portion. The upper end portion of this member 29 is, however, bent, as shown at 32, to provide a seat for the brush-holdingmeans as formerly described; the bolt 26 pivotally securing said means, penetrating the aperture 33 in the endpiece 32.

The inner member 34 in this modification, and shown in Figure 10, is of a shape substantially like the inner member [2, formerly described, with the exception that the said member 34 has one more bend 35 thereon; the said inner member 34 being in this instance provided with an aperture 36 to accommodate the screw 20 securing the parts 29 and 34 together.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the form construction and arrangement of the several parts, as shown, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I do not therefore wish to limit myself to the construction and arrangement shown and described herein.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:-

1. In a device of the class described, a brushholder, comprising two clamping members adapted to engage the vertical wall of a receptacle, the

, lower one of said clamping'members having a horizontal body portion made with two rectangular openings therein, and being at one end formed with an extension bent in a stair-way-like manner and adapted to engage the edge portion of said receptacle, the upper one of said clampin members having also a horizontal body portion,

. the latter terminating in a rectangular bent end portion adapted for co-operation with saidlower member in securing said two members to the edge portion of a receptacle, said upper clamping said fingers to the clamping members, and a spring for actuating said fingers during operation.

2. In a device of the class described, a brushholder, comprising two clamping members adapted to engage the vertical wall of a receptacle, the lower one of said clamping members having a horizontal body portion made with two rectangular openings therein, and being at one end formed with an extension bent in a stair-way-like manner and adapted to engage the edge portion of said receptacle, the upper one of said clamping members having also a horizontal body portion, the latter terminating in a rectangular bent end portion adapted for co-operation with said lower member in securing said two members to the edge-portion of a receptacle, said upper clamping member being at its forward end portion formed with an opening therein, and at its center portion with an oblong rectangular slot adapted to cooperate with one of the rectangular openings in the lower member, when said members are adjusted, relative to one another, a screw mounted in said recesses for securing the clamping mem bers together, cooperating" fingers pivotally mounted on top of the upper clamping member, and being formed at their front portion with curvatures, adapted to encircle the handle of a brush, and at their bottom with triangular pro jections, a bolt for securing said fingers to the clamping members, and a spring supported by said bolt and adapted to keep the fingers under tension, substantially as shown and described.

JOHN HEIN. 

